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NOTE ON HONG KONG SALARY SCALES
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE SCALE
The scale proposed by the Commission is as follows:-
BASIC SCALE (in Hong Kong dollars per mensem) 720-
720 - 760-800 x 40
V
1,000, x 60
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1180 x 120
-
1780,
1840, 1900 (£540 per annum to £1,425).
SCALE FOR EXPATRIATE OFFICERS.
(£665 per annum rising after 19 years to
£1,675 per annum).
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It is considered that the scale
should be modified to avoid the series of £90
increments which appear in this scale between
v1180 and $1780, as increments of this amount are
without precedent in the Colonial Service. With
this object it is proposed that the scale
recommended by the Commission should be modified
and that after $1,000 per mensem it should proceed
as follows:-
$1120, 1180, 1240,
1300, $1360, 1420, $1500
$1580, 1660, 1740, 1820, 1900.
Following the
practice in East and West Africa and in the
existing Hong Kong scale the modified scale contains
a big jump after the ninth point when an officer's
family responsibilities and expenses normally
begin to increase considerably. The scale also
provides regular increments of £45 up to $1420 per mensem (£1265 per annum) and regular increments
of £60 thereafter.
The proposal to fix the charges for
the rental of Government quarters at one seventh
of the basic salary has necessitated fixing the maximum of this scale at a higher figure than any
other scale in the Colonial Service, i.e., 21675
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